“Modi has the blood of Muslims murdered in Gujarat on his hands,” he said. Asif also called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) a “terrorist outfit”.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly in September, Sushma Swaraj had denounced Pakistan as the “world’s greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity” and accused Islamabad of being “only engaged in fighting us” and rejecting peace and dialogue.